Mayme P. Watts, aka Maymie Watts, was an American songwriter and R&B singer. Watts is best known for co-writing the jazz standard "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Sid Wyche. Watts also co-wrote (with Robert Mosely) the charting songs "Give Me Your Love" and Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole, "Since I Made You Cry" by The Rivieras, "Point of No Return" by Adam Wade, and "Ooh! What a Day!", recorded by both Craig Douglas and Sarah Vaughan. Watts was a vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. She also recorded singles as a solo artist as well as in the duo Mayme & Robert.
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| - Mayme P. Watts, aka Maymie Watts, was an American songwriter and R&B singer. Watts is best known for co-writing the jazz standard "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Sid Wyche. Watts also co-wrote (with Robert Mosely) the charting songs "Give Me Your Love" and Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole, "Since I Made You Cry" by The Rivieras, "Point of No Return" by Adam Wade, and "Ooh! What a Day!", recorded by both Craig Douglas and Sarah Vaughan. Watts was a vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. She also recorded singles as a solo artist as well as in the duo Mayme & Robert. (en)
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| - Mayme P. Watts, aka Maymie Watts, was an American songwriter and R&B singer. Watts is best known for co-writing the jazz standard "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Sid Wyche. Watts also co-wrote (with Robert Mosely) the charting songs "Give Me Your Love" and Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole, "Since I Made You Cry" by The Rivieras, "Point of No Return" by Adam Wade, and "Ooh! What a Day!", recorded by both Craig Douglas and Sarah Vaughan. Watts was a vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. She also recorded singles as a solo artist as well as in the duo Mayme & Robert. In March 1958, Watts married Ralph Sawyer in Germany. In August 1959, Watts filed a lawsuit against former Mercury Records executive Brad Shad, for songwriting royalties she believed were owed to her from “Alright, Okay, You Win”. By the mid-1960s she was performing as a vocalist with the Walter Davis Jr. Trio, and married pianist Walter Davis. (en)
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